" Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. "

George Washington, letter to his niece Harriet Washington, October 30, 1791 First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered… deeply, …finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. "

George Washington, First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789 First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves. "

George Washington First president of US (1732 – 1799)

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